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CommonSense101

Has anyone tried exiting any one of the major schools in Inwood during drop off or pick up times for the students? Especially Musselman Middle? It is no wonder more accidents do not happen. The traffic patterns and timing for parents leaving coinciding with the buses leaving is hectic and makes for a traffic nightmare when turning left out there and trying integrate into the rest of the traffic.

lupieangel

They can't have seatbelts on a bus because they are usually so over crowded. My kids ride a bus that has several seats with 3 in a seat. And these are high school kids who are sitting 3 in a seat. My son was basically sitting in the aisle at times. Our buses are to crowded anymore and with more developments being built the problem will only get worse. The school board needs to worry about the safety on the buses a little more. And when these buses are crowded like they are it has to make it harder on the driver to watch every kid & to keep control of the kids. We need more buses & drivers before a child is seriously injured.

berknative

Before anyone else rants about seatbelts stop and think for a minute. There has to be a logical reason why there are no seatbelts on buses nationwide for the most part. First....if there were how would it be possible for one driver to monitor and enforce the usage belts by every student? Provided the k-5 age group clicks it doesnt mean they will sit still the whole ride in a safe position for the belt to safely protect them. I guarantee they will wriggle out of them, or just click them off within minutes. Secondly....ok...lets say you people got you precious seatbelts installed....theres a serious accident where the bus is on its side and has rendered many on the bus injured and unconscious. The bus needs evacuated immediately. If the driver(being the only adult) is injured and or deceased, who is going to go thru the bus and free all of the injured ones in a timely fashion while theyre strapped in thier seats in the air? Its just not practical and foolproof on a bus.

Sandpiper

so. there will be cameras. And the purpose of the cameras is to nail the safety violator and, presumably, to affix responsibility and determine causation in the event of a collision. And this is ballyhooed as a safety enhancement when there are no seatbelts on busses? Silliness.